United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at a UN General Assembly session, saying it has become Islamabad's habit to misuse any forum for “narrow political gains” and asserting that the right to self-determination cannot be abused to undermine a nation's territorial integrity.

The US is unlikely to revoke the suspension of aid to Pakistan until it sees substantial progress against terrorists and their safe havens, the Trump administration has told Islamabad as top officials of the two countries met here to try to reset their strained ties.

Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) are no longer on the list of banned outfits in Pakistan as the presidential ordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution has lapsed, a media report said on Friday.

Pakistan can do more to combat terrorism, the Pentagon said today. The US has repeatedly said that Pakistan is not taking action against terror groups like the Haqqani network and the Taliban. Islamabad has denied those allegations.
Last month, the US froze some USD 2 billion in security assistance to Pakistan.

There are chances eminence of Pakistan being placed on global terrorist financing watch list that would endanger its handful of remaining banking links to outside world causing financial pain to the economy when the general election looms Pakistan. Pakistan is trying its level best to seek head off from likely inclusion on the grey list of Financial Action Task Force by amending anti-terrorism laws and taking over organisations controlled by Hafiz Saeed.